Officer arrested in Kalambaka for killing man while hunting

A police officer in Kalambaka, central Greece, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the shooting of a 68-year-old man who was killed while collecting edible wild greens on the outskirts of the city, which police reportedly consider an attack and a hunting accident.

According to the Trikala Voice news website, he was shot with a hunting rifle and died on the spot. Police took in a group of local hunters for questioning and arrested one of them, a colleague.

According to local media, the same police officer was involved in another fatal hunting accident in 2022 that killed a 12-year-old boy.